The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, DublinC. Bathurst, J. Rivington, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Hinton, J. Dodsley, L. Davis and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, and W. Bowyer, 1766 |
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... and the human minds as fo ma . ny plants , fet " by the hand of the great Creator “ for utility and ornament . Thus fome , we fee , carVOL . I. f ly . great talents ly produce beautiful blossoms , and as soon BY MRS .
... and the human minds as fo ma . ny plants , fet " by the hand of the great Creator “ for utility and ornament . Thus fome , we fee , carVOL . I. f ly . great talents ly produce beautiful blossoms , and as soon BY MRS .
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great talents ly produce beautiful blossoms , and as soon fade a- , way ; others , whose gems are more flow in unfold .; * ing , but more permanent when blown ; and others , “ again , who , though longer in arriving at perfection ...
great talents ly produce beautiful blossoms , and as soon fade a- , way ; others , whose gems are more flow in unfold .; * ing , but more permanent when blown ; and others , “ again , who , though longer in arriving at perfection ...
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I shall produce one instance ; it is in sect . 1. parag : 3. from the end , p . 47. Dryden , L'Estrange , and some others I shall not name , are here level . led at ; who , having spent their lives in faction , and apostasies , and all ...
I shall produce one instance ; it is in sect . 1. parag : 3. from the end , p . 47. Dryden , L'Estrange , and some others I shall not name , are here level . led at ; who , having spent their lives in faction , and apostasies , and all ...
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But let the answerer and his friend produce any book they please , he defies them to thew one single particular , where the judicious reader will affirm he has been obliged for the smallest hint ; giving only allowance for the ...
But let the answerer and his friend produce any book they please , he defies them to thew one single particular , where the judicious reader will affirm he has been obliged for the smallest hint ; giving only allowance for the ...
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The never dying works of these illustrious persons , your governor , Sir , has devoted to unavoidable death ; and your Highness is to be made believe , that our age has never arrived at the honour to produce one single poet .
The never dying works of these illustrious persons , your governor , Sir , has devoted to unavoidable death ; and your Highness is to be made believe , that our age has never arrived at the honour to produce one single poet .
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